I’m listening… Settings to consider if you have #Alexa, #Siri other listening #AI devices in an office or personal space when you are dealing with clients’ data or financial transactions. Useful tips from Kim Komando Picture credit: Pixabay/ Geralt
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WordCamps – is this where they play Scrabble, or perhaps word bingo? Is it a spelling bee or literacy improvement event? To experience a WordCamp, and the WordPress community which populates these global events, is to experience the essence of shared learning, informal knowledge exchange, and opportunities for both professional and personal development. WordCampers may… Read More »
The CIPR artificial intelligence (AI) panel has published an initial list of 95 tools collated from its crowd-sourced project. Check out the list to find ones that will help you in your work. A number of AI tools I suggested are feature in this database. The project had its genesis in the #PRstack project from 2014… Read More »
2018 sees the centenaries of the first pieces of legislation giving women the right to vote and to stand for election on the same terms as men. The Representation of the People Act 1918 was a milestone in British political and social history, as it allowed for some (but not all) women to exercise a… Read More »
New data protection regulations are coming. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a new EU legal framework for processing citizens’ data, and will be in force in the UK from 25 May 2018. In preparation for this, a series of partnership webinars will bring together senior practitioners and leaders in the area of information… Read More »
PRFest, a practical based CPD conference, is coming back to Edinburgh on 15 – 16 June 2017. This event has been designed by communications practitioners for fellow practitioners. It is based on a model of workshops, discussion and implementation. The festival was set up in 2016 by CIPR communicator colleague Laura Sutherland to encourage people to… Read More »
Call for gender equality this International Women’s Day Women are still having to work harder to survive and thrive professionally in the workplace. The Gender Pay Gap is a symbol of how inequality persists in 2017, according to women and gender historians Dr Maureen Wright and Dr Barbara Thompson. International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017,… Read More »
The story of the suffragettes has reached the international movie market almost 100 years on from the movement’s most dramatic period, writes Abha Thakor. “We’re in every home, we’re half the human race, you can’t stop us all!” – this battle-cry heralds the newly released feature film ‘Suffragette’, bringing today’s audience a renewed or perhaps initial understanding of women’s fight for… Read More »